Current medical research and opinion
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The aim of this study was to estimate primary care costs of prodromal signs/symptoms of Alzheimer disease (AD), during a 10-year or longer period preceding AD diagnosis, in relation to costs cumulated in the general population for the same reasons. ⋯ Prodromal AD manifestations are associated with primary care costs that resulted higher than those cumulated in the general population aged 60+. It remains to be elucidated if earlier dementia diagnoses would be associated with reduced costs triggered by the same clinical signs and symptoms.